Chương 247: I am not a demon, but a demon king!

Seeing that only a few hundred people had chosen to withdraw out of fear, Yang Cheng sighed deeply and opened a passage in the Azure Flame Realm for them to leave.

Looking at the others, the pity that had been in Yang Cheng's eyes had completely vanished, replaced only by coldness.

He has already given them the opportunity, just as he had said to Shogo and the others before.

Whether right or wrong, people always have to pay the price for the choices they make.

Yang Cheng is not like Ainz Ooal Gown, who takes pleasure in torture and killing, but he is not some kind of saint either.

Now that everyone's positions are different, and he has already given them a chance, he will not be lenient again, regardless of whether the other party is innocent or not.

"Darkness descends!"

A terrifying and astonishing amount of magical energy erupted from Yang Cheng's body, quickly forming a massive magic circle above the Azure Flame Realm.

Darkness is enveloping, spreading, and pervading— People always feel awe towards darkness, because the unknown inspires fear.

When the unfathomable darkness completely enveloped the surroundings, and the first piercing scream rang out from the darkness, the well-trained army and the holy knights who yearned for the light all began to shatter their mental state.

In the darkness, some unknown creature was attacking the soldiers of the Kingdom of Falmus. As the screams from the darkness grew louder, the unease and fear in people's hearts were amplified and spread.

The soldiers now completely ignore their commander's orders and only want to escape this death zone as quickly as possible.

The deserters, panicked and fearful, were only thinking about escaping, completely forgetting that the Azure Flame Realm still surrounded them.

Large numbers of soldiers rushed forward one after another, like moths to a flame, crashing into the Azure Flame Barrier, only to be turned into ice sculptures and shattered on the ground.

Of course, many soldiers, out of unease and fear, began to wave their weapons around in an attempt to bolster their courage.

Within the territory of the Azure Flame Realm, Yang Cheng is the only enemy; the remaining 60, 000-plus people are all allies.

In such densely populated areas, it goes without saying what would happen if you did this.

The so-called numerical advantage they currently possess has not only failed to provide them with sufficient confidence, but has instead become a sickle held to their own throats.

Among the Ten Sages, Guang and Kong stood back to back, their faces extremely gloomy.

Having made a contract with the light spirit of the higher realm, I had previously considered using the light spirit's power to dispel the darkness before me.

Unfortunately, the light he released was almost indistinguishable from a grain of rice in the face of Yang Cheng's darkness, and was quickly and mercilessly swallowed up by the darkness.

Faced with the unfathomable darkness and the possibility of enemies lurking within, even those with strong mental fortitude felt immense pressure, let alone ordinary soldiers.

"Damn it, that demon named Yang Cheng is so despicable, he actually used such a vile method!"

They dare not confront us head-on, only resorting to magic to launch sneak attacks from the shadows.

Upon hearing Kong's evaluation of him, Yang Cheng, who had been watching the show from the shadows for a long time, also slightly raised the corners of his mouth, and his figure appeared in front of them.

"My methods are despicable and underhanded? Then why didn't Your Excellency, the saint of light and justice, show some chivalry and fight me fairly before, instead of trying to overwhelm me with your army?"

There's one more thing I need to clarify: "Darkness Canopy" sounds intimidating, but it's actually just a visual illusion and has no offensive capabilities whatsoever.

What defeated your 60, 000-strong army was the fear and unease in your hearts.

Driven by fear, you flew like moths to a flame; driven by unease, you slaughtered one another. I merely provided the stage and enjoyed the spectacle.

To verify his words, Yang Cheng even dispelled the darkness in a small area around the two saints.

When they saw the numerous corpses lying in pools of blood around them, both saints, Guang and Kong, stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that the two saints who represent justice are not as righteous and incorruptible as you say."

"The number of soldiers from the Kingdom of Falmus, and even fellow Holy Church knights, who have died at your hands is quite considerable!"

Seeing the mountains of corpses piled up around them, Hikaru and Sora, who had been holding firm to their mental defenses, completely broke down.

They had previously thought that the attackers in the darkness were Yang Cheng's henchmen, but they never expected that it turned out to be their own allies who were caught in a state of unease and panic.

And without their knowledge, the two of them actually killed so many people, some of whom were their own subordinates whom they worked with day and night!

"You monster! I will definitely kill you!"

Completely devastated, Kong ignored Guang's attempts to stop him, gripped his knight's sword tightly, and charged directly at Yang Cheng.

Unfortunately, before his sword could reach Yang Cheng, his head was slashed by a blade of light.

As a large amount of blood spurted out, its headless body, like a puppet with its strings cut, fell directly into a pool of blood.

Seeing his comrade die tragically, the vice-captain of the Holy Knights, Guang, was also filled with rage. He condensed all the magic energy in his body into a sword of light and stabbed it toward Yang Cheng's heart.

"Come to hell with me, you demon!"

Because he was ready to die, Guang's attack completely abandoned defense, and he only wanted to perish together with Yang Cheng.

Unfortunately, he wasn't the protagonist, lacked any special abilities, and faced a vast difference in strength. Even if he wanted to perish together with his opponent, it would be an extremely unrealistic expectation.

The sword of light, formed from magic essence, was crushed inch by inch by Yang Cheng's "Claw of Darkness" as it thrust towards him, until finally the black claw completely pierced through the heart of light.

With a single slash and a claw strike, taking no more than ten seconds, two of the "Ten Saints" of the Western Holy Church were thus led off the stage.

When Benimaru and Shion finished gathering their troops and arrived here, they were all stunned as they looked at the battlefield where the "Dark Sky Curtain" had been lifted.

The scene before them was nothing short of hell on earth. Mountains of corpses were piled up, and severed limbs were scattered everywhere. It was a true river of blood, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!

However, just as Yang Cheng said before, what caused all of this was not him, but the darkness in people's hearts.

He merely created a dark environment, at most using "madmen" to bewitch a few people at the beginning, and then created this hellish scene before us.

When the "Dark Sky Curtain" was lifted, the original army of 60, 000 had dwindled to less than 1, 000.

To Yang Cheng's surprise, even Larsen, the strongest mage in the Kingdom of Falmus, died under a hail of blades in the darkness.

The king, who was supposed to be a complete failure in combat, actually survived. Could it be that the other party was truly the chosen one?